The Captain America Comics Quiz

Captain America has been fighting for liberty for more than 70 years -- against Nazis, Cosmic Cube wielding madmen, alien invaders and corruption and fascism in his own government. Now he's looking for a new sidekick, but only one who can answer these 30 questions about Captain America. Are you up to the challenge?

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Question 1 of 30

Who is Captain America punching on the cover of his first comic book?

Dr. Doom

Hitler

The famous cover depicts Captain America punching Hitler in the face. A copy of that 1941 comic book sold in 2011 for almost $350,000.

Stalin

Question 2 of 30

What hero did Captain America partner with consistently throughout the 1970s?

Iron Man

Bucky

the Falcon

Cap's comic was titled "Captain America and the Falcon" from 1971 to 1978.

Question 3 of 30

What gives Captain America his enhanced strength, endurance and reflexes?

the Super-Soldier Serum

Steve Rogers gained his abilities with intensive training and the Super-Soldier Serum, but the formula for the serum was lost.

the Cosmic Cube

Adhesive X

Question 4 of 30

Who created the Super-Soldier Serum?

Reed Richards

Arnim Zola

Abraham Erskine

Erskine was killed without ever writing down the formula for the serum, so Steve Rogers is the only true Super-Soldier.

Question 5 of 30

Where was Captain America between the end of World War II and his rediscovery by the Avengers in the 1960s?

in suspended animation in a block of ice

The Super-Soldier Serum helped keep him alive despite being frozen for decades.

stuck in a time bubble continually reliving his battles against the Nazis

trapped in a pocket dimension in which he was forced to fight against Communists

Question 6 of 30

What was the first superteam Captain America joined, going by the Marvel Universe's time line?

the Avengers

the All-Winners Squad

the Invaders

This one is tricky -- Cap was a member of the Invaders, a team that fought during World War II, although the Invaders series wasn't published until the 1970s. The All-Winners Squad was published earlier, but it was a post-war team, so Cap technically joined the Invaders first.

Question 7 of 30

What is the real name of Captain America's longtime nemesis, the Red Skull?

his real name has never been revealed

Frederick Keller

Johann Schmidt

Johann Schmidt was a hateful German boy taken under Hitler's wing and made into the masked symbol of the Nazis.

Question 8 of 30

If Cap was frozen during the 1950s, how did he appear several times during that decade fighting against Communists?

The 1950s Captain America was a clone created by the Red Skull.

Steve Rogers traveled back in time from the 1970s and 80s to appear in the 50s at crucial moments.

Several different men took on the identity of Captain America in the 1950s, but none of them was the real Steve Rogers.

The short-lived 50s revivals of Captain America were commercially unsuccessful -- later, it was established that those Caps were imposters, including one who had plastic surgery to look like Steve Rogers.

Question 9 of 30

What comic book series did Steve Rogers provide the art for in the 1980s?

"Sons of Liberty"

"The Uncanny X-Men"

"Captain America"

It's true, Steve Rogers drew for the Marvel Comics company that exists inside the Marvel Universe, and the comic he worked on was "Captain America."

Question 10 of 30

While Cap has had several love interests over the decades, his most enduring romantic relationship is with SHIELD agent…

Lacey Hennepin

Sharon Carter

Captain America first meets Sharon Carter while working with SHIELD head Nick Fury. At one point she is cruelly hypnotized into assassinating him (though he eventually returns to life).

Luke Foster

Question 11 of 30

What was the name of the vigilante who murdered dozens of supervillains before eventually being defeated by Captain America?

the Punisher

the Scourge of the Underworld

Although Cap defeated Scourge, that Scourge was immediately assassinated by someone else who shouted Scourge's catchphrase. Turns out there's a whole Scourge organization.

the Enforcer

Question 12 of 30

Who was Captain America's sometime partner in the 1980s?

Captain Britain

Nomad

Cap sometimes teamed up with Nomad, who had been the sidekick to one of the Captain America imposters of the 1950s.

Spider-Man

Question 13 of 30

When Steve Rogers stepped down from being Captain America because the U.S. government tried to force him to work directly for them, who replaced him?

Nick Fury, who usually operates as the leader of SHIELD

John Walker, who later became U.S. Agent

While John Walker was acting Captain America, Steve Rogers continued to fight crime under the name The Captain.

Jack Monroe, who had earlier been Cap's partner as Nomad

Question 14 of 30

Although the Red Skull eventually died of old age, he returned when Arnim Zola placed his mind into a body that was a clone of whom?

Steve Rogers

For a while, the Red Skull was physically identical to Steve Rogers under that scary mask.

Hitler

Tony Stark

Question 15 of 30

Captain America was assassinated at the end of what Marvel crossover event?

"Secret Wars"

"Crisis on Infinite Earths"

"Civil War"

Cap was arrested for opposing government efforts to register all superhumans during "Civil War" and shot on the courthouse steps.

Question 16 of 30

Who takes over as Captain America after Steve Rogers dies?

Rachel Leighton

Bucky Barnes

The original Bucky, who'd been operating as the brainwashed Winter Soldier, takes on the Captain America identity.

Doc Sampson

Question 17 of 30

What really happened when Steve Rogers was apparently killed?

It was actually a Life Model Decoy that was shot.

He was sent on an erratic time travel journey through events in his own life.

He became displaced in time and was eventually brought back and mind-controlled by the Red Skull.

It was actually the Red Skull using a holographic projector to make himself look like Steve Rogers in an elaborate suicide plot.

Question 18 of 30

Why isn't Cap knocked backwards when he blocks one of the Hulk's punches with his shield?

His shield is made from a vibranium alloy that absorbs and nullifies kinetic impacts.

Cap's vibranium shield absorbs kinetic energy -- it's one-of-a-kind, since the scientist who made it fell asleep and never figured out what element was added to the metal to make it work.

Cap's finely tuned reflexes allow him to redirect the inertia of the impact into the ground.

The shield contains electronic dampeners that activate special shock absorbers on the shield's handle.

Question 19 of 30

Which of these has Captain America NOT used as a shield when his vibranium alloy shield was not available to him?

a photonic energy shield

a piece of Galactus' armor cut into a shield shape

Cap has tried an energy shield and adamantium shields, but he's never used a chunk of Galactus.

a shield made from adamantium

Question 20 of 30

What comic book company published "Captain America Comics #1" in March 1941?

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Timely Comics

"Captain America" was originally published by Timely Comics, which later became Marvel Comics.

Question 21 of 30

Who was arrested for killing Steve Rogers (although his shot wasn't the one that "killed" him)?

the Falcon

Crossbones

Crossbones, working for the Red Skull, shot Rogers in the shoulder, although it was Sharon Carter who fired the not-so-fatal shots into his abdomen.

Death Adder

Question 22 of 30

In his battles against Hydra splinter group A.I.M., Cap frequently goes head-to-head with M.O.D.O.K. What does M.O.D.O.K. stand for?

Mysterious Object Designed Originally for Knifefights

Metal Occupant Destined Only for Knighthood

Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing

M.O.D.O.K. is a Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing and also basically a giant head.

Question 23 of 30

What was "Cap's Kooky Quartet?"

four teenagers who operated Cap's telephone hotline and did research on criminals with their home computers

an early change to the Avengers lineup, with Cap leading former villains Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver

Cap's kooky Avengers roster was controversial since all of the founding members left the team temporarily.

a group of four Captain Americas brought together by an alien time traveler to fight the Celestials

Question 24 of 30

What is Captain America's inspirational catchphrase when leading the Avengers?

"Avengers Assemble!"

Avengers fans look forward to Cap shouting, "Avengers Assemble!"

"I Punched Hitler!"

"United We Stand!"

Question 25 of 30

What snake-themed criminal did Captain America date (and attempt to turn away from a life of crime)?

Asp

Diamondback

Diamondback and Cap went on a date that almost caused her to be executed by the Serpent Society.

Viper

Question 26 of 30

Which supervillain accidentally glued his mask permanently to his face while battling Captain America?

Baron Zemo

Baron Zemo was yet another Nazi scientist who was doused in the undissolvable Adhesive X. His son took up the family business after the first Baron Zemo died in battle.

Doctor Doom

Porcupine

Question 27 of 30

What artist drew Captain America in his earliest appearances, then drew him again when he was reintroduced in the 1960s?

Don Heck

Jack Kirby

Cap was created by Joe Simon, who drew an initial sketch, but Jack Kirby did the art for the first issues of Captain America, and also drew him in the pages of "The Avengers" and "Tales of Suspense" in the 60s.

John Romita, Sr.

Question 28 of 30

Who broke Captain America's shield with his bare hands in "Fear Itself?"

Nightmare

Juggernaut

Serpent (Odin's brother)

Serpent destroyed the shield, but it was reforged with Asgardian metal.

Question 29 of 30

Captain America formed the Avengers Unity Squad, made up of members from what two teams?

the Avengers and the Masters of Evil

the Thunderbolts and the West Coast Avengers

the Avengers and the X-Men

Cap formed the team from the Avengers and the X-Men in response to accusations that the Avengers consistently failed to respond to hate crimes against mutants.